BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
The training to acquire or practicing to perform a skill, which may lead to structural changes in the brain, is called experience-dependent structural plasticity. The main… (More)

The aim of our study was to compare noncontrast spiral CT, US and intravenous urography (IVU) in the evaluation of patients with renal colic for the diagnosis of ureteral calculi. During a period of… (More)

This paper explores the use of heuristics as cognitive strategies invoked during the process of design. Heuristics are reasoning processes that do not guarantee the best solution, but often lead to… (More)

A potential therapeutic approach to protect or reverse gentamicin-induced oxidative stress and nephrotoxicity would have more importance for clinical consequences. Therefore, the present study was… (More)

Extraction of a tooth necessitated by factors such as developmental problems, trauma, severe periodontal disease and endodontic problems often causes deformities of the residual alveolar ridge in the… (More)

AIM
To compare the relative cytotoxicity of resin-based composite materials polymerized with three different curing methods on L 929 cells over a period of 1 week.
METHODOLOGY
Ten discs of each… (More)

The aim of this study was to retrospectively evaluate 140 patients with severe (97 massive, 43 moderate) haemoptysis treated by bronchial artery embolisation. Between January 1997 and April 2005, 140… (More)

The anatomy of aortic arch in porcupine was studied. Angiography was applied to each of the three adult porcupines (two males, one female) following the injection of latex from the abdominal aorta… (More)